[IrishLake]

When we got married, I told my bridesmaids to pick a dress they all liked. All I cared about was color. They all mutually agreed on a style that flattered everyone's shape as well as fit everyone's budget. My thought has always been if they're paying for it, they're picking it out. I also told them all I didn't care what their shoes were, so long as they were silver. Everyone already owned a pair of silver strappy sandals, so even though they were all different, no one had to buy new. One of my best friends from college gave us the awesoem option of buyign the Davids bridal separate pieces. She picked the color, and we all had about 10 different tops and 3 different styles of skirts to choose from. As it ended up, we ALL selected different tops, no one matched and we all looked great and felt comfortable at her wedding. I've drafted a nice, sensitive (puke) letter and I'll send it in a few. I've kept it short and sweet, just that I am not comfortable with trying on a dress while my body is plumping up and that I prefer to wait until the end of February at the soonest. Granted i'll still be breastfeeding then and my boobs will be out of wack, I'll be done breastfeeding by the time the wedding rolls around. My boobs are a size bigger already now at 19 weeks, not to mention my belly.

I was in my cousins wedding 5 years ago, and we also got our dresses from Davids, and they were in 5 or 6 weeks after ordering them. At least Future SiL isn't making us get dyed shoes to match the dress like my cousin did. I'm suggesting to future SiL that I continue to call Davids periodically and make sure the dress isn't going to be discontinued anytime soon.